Fence



(No Model.) v

H. H. HEROD, Jr.

FENCE.

Patented Mar. 15

shown in Fig. 1.

llnir'rnn STATES HOXVARD H. l-IEROD, JR, OF WHITLEYVILLE, TENNESSEE.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 600,722, dated March 15, 1898. Application filed August 18, 1897. $erlal No. 648,695. (No model.)

To all whom it mag "concern: Be it known that I, HOWARD l-I. HEROD Jr. ,a citizen of the United States, residing at VJhitleyville, in the county of Jackson and State of Tennessee, have invented a certain new, use ful, and valuable Improvement in Fences, of which the following isa full, clear, and exact description.

My invention has relation to portable wire fences; and it consists in the novel construction and arrangements of its parts, as hereinafter described. 1

The object of my invention is to provide a fence that can be easily and readily put up and as easily and readily taken down.

The fence is so constructed as to adapt itself to any unevenness of surface of the ground, and some of the posts are provided with baseplates which are adapted to be secured to the ground by suitable pegs. The intermediate posts or post without the base plates are adapted to rest at their lower ends on the surface of the ground and are braced by diagonal wires, said wires being secured at their lower ends to the bases of the adjacent posts and being wrapped around the upper ends of the posts without bases. The bases are provided at their opposite diagonal corners with recesses adapted to receive the pegs of especial construction.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of the fence. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view showing one set of bracing wires. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of the fence, showing another set of bracing-wires. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the base-plate and the pegs.

The corner-post 1 is adapted to be fixed in the ground, and all of the horizontal wires of the fence are attached to said corner-post, as The posts 2 2 divide the panels of the fence. The upper wire 3 is stapled to each post 2 2, and the wire at is also stapled to each post 2 2. The wires 5, 6, and 7 are not, as a rule, stapled to the posts 2, but they may be stapled at any point where the said wires have a tendency to sag. Thus the said wires 5, 6, and 7 are held in place. The uprights S are stapled to the wires 3 and 4: at intermediate points of the panels. The lower ends of the uprights 8 8 are adapted to rest on the surface of the ground, as shown in Fig. 1. The base-plate 9 is attached to the lower ends of the posts 2 2, said base-plates each having a recess 10, adapted to receive the end of the post. The base-plates are provided at their opposite diagonal corners with the recesses 11, which are adapted to receive the pegs 12. Each peg 12 is provided at its upper end with a head 18, the heads of the pegs being adapted to extend over a portion of the upper surface of the base-plate 9 when the pegs are driven in the ground, and thus the base-plates are held in position.

The bracing-wire 14 is secured at the end of the fence to the peg 15. The wire 14 then passes up and is wound around the upper end of the upright 8 and then descends on the opposite side of the fence and is wound around the head of the peg 13 at the end of the first base-plate. The wire is then carried across the top of the base-plate and is wound under the head of the peg at the opposite end of the base-plate. The said wire 14 is then carried up and wound around the upper end of the neXt upright 8 and from thence down to the peg 13 and the next adjoining base-plate, and so on throughout the length of the fence. Each panel is provided with an auxiliary bracing-wire 16. Said wire 16 is secured at the ends of the fence to the peg 17, the peg 17 being on the opposite side of the fence from the peg 15. The wire 16 is then carried up and is wound around the upper end of the upright 8 and is then carried down and stapled at the point 18 to the upper surface of the first adjoining base-plate 9, the stapled point 18 being on the opposite side of the fence from the peg 17. Thus it will be seen that the bracing-wires are carried up from the stationary point on one side of the fence and wound about the upright 8 and carried down on the opposite side of the fence, thus firmly bracing the upper end of the upright 8. The point 18 on the base-plates 9 may be near the post 2, as shown in Fig. 1, in which event the said wire 16 as it descends may be stapled to other intervening uprights 8 or may be secured to the wires 5, 6, l, and 7 at the points where it crosses the same. By moving the point 18 farther out toward the end of the base-plate 9 the upper ends of the uprights 8 are more firmly braced as the angle is.in-

creased.

In putting the fence up the post 1 is planted in the ground, and the ends of the Wires 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 are secured to the said post 1. The said horizontal Wires having previously been secured to the post 2 and the uprights 8, the post 2 and the uprights 8 are then arranged on the surface of the ground, and the bracing- Wires 14 and 16 are put in place. To take the fence down, the pegs 12 are removed, and the bracing-Wires 14 and 16 are taken down, and

the Wires 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 are cut or disengaged from the post 1, and the entire fence may be laid over on its side, rolled up, loaded in. a Wagon, and transferred to any suitable place.

Having thus described myinvention, What I claim as new,'and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A fence-post consisting of posts having at th'eirlower ends base-plates, pegs securing said plates to the ground, intermediate uprights resting at their lower ends on the surface of the ground, the bracing-Wires securedat one end to a stationary point, passing up and around the upper endof the upright, then descending on the opposite side of the fence and passing around the pin securing the baseplate, then passing over the upper surface of the base-plate and around the pin at the opposite end of the base-plate and being suit-.

ably secured at the other end.

2. A fence consisting of posts, base-plates secured to the ends of the opposite posts, pins located at the opposite diagonal corners of said base-plates, a bracing-Wire secured at one end to a stationary point, intermediate uprights attached to the horizontal wires of the fence, said bracing-Wire passing around the upper end of said upright, then descending on the opposite side of the fence and passing around the head of the pin at the corner of the base-plate, then passing over the upper surface of the base-plate and passing around the pin located at the opposite diagonal corner of'the base-plate, said Wire being secured "uprights secured to the horizontal Wires of the fence, a bracing-Wire secured at one end to a stationary point, said Wire passing up and around the upper endof the upright, said Wire descending on the opposite side of the fence and passing around the head of the pin at the base-plate, said wire passing over the top of the base-plate and passing around the pin at the opposite end of the base-plate, the end of the Wire being secured to a suitable point at its other end.

4. A fence consisting of a post, a base-plate located at the end of the post, intermediate uprights attached to the horizontal Wires of the fence, a bracing-Wire attached at one end to a stationary point, said Wire being Wound around the end of the upright and descending on the opposite side of the fence and being secured to the base-plate of the post, an auxiliary bracing-Wire attached at its end to a stationary point, said stationary point being on the opposite side of the fence from the stationary point of the first said Wire, the

auxiliary Wire passing up and being Wound around the upper end of the upright, said .Wire then descending on the opposite side of the fence and being secured to a stationary point.

i In' testimony whereof I affiX my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

HOWARD H. HEROD, JR.

. lVitnesses:

S. B. FOWLER,

JNo. .T. GORE. 

